Job Description
ABOUT OUR CITY
The City of Sunrise is more than a workplace — it’s a community built on our Three Pillars: Customer Service, Collaboration, and Transparency. We’re committed to creating an environment where innovation thrives, teamwork is celebrated, and every employee has the opportunity to grow and make a lasting impact.
As a full-service municipality and one of South Florida’s premier cities, Sunrise offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, professional development opportunities, and a strong culture of recognition. Whether you’re helping residents, shaping policy, or improving city operations, you’ll be part of a team that’s passionate about service excellence and community pride.
We take pride in being home to the back-to-back NHL Stanley Cup Champion Florida Panthers, a vibrant arts and entertainment district, and a diverse community that truly embodies what it means to Live, Work, and Play in Sunrise.
Effective January 2026, the City is has launched an Alternative Work Schedule designed to further support employee work-life balance — providing eligible staff with two three-day weekends per month through an every-other-Friday-off model. This initiative reflects our continued focus on flexibility and employee well-being.
- Hours: up to 20 work hours per week (varied)
- Location: All City of Sunrise pools
Examples of Duties
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Maintains order and discipline among bathers and other persons at an assigned City swimming pool
- Rescues bathers in distress; applies resuscitation and administers first aid when necessary
- Assists pool managers in pool procedures such as inspection of rescue equipment and collection of water samples for tests; when assigned assists in the teaching of swimming classes or other aquatic programs
- Maintains general appearance and cleanliness of pool area when able to do so without distraction from lifeguarding
- Participates in performing custodial tasks as applies to pool decks and surfaces, offices, locker rooms, bath houses and other support buildings
- Conducts chemical test for pool water quality and monitors pool water temperature. Vacuums pool and cleans pool walls
- Maintains daily maintenance and pool chemical usage logs
- May operate and clean pool filtration equipment
- Collects pool admission and registration fees
- Performs related work as required.
EDUCATION
- Completion of at least the 8th school grade
- No experience required but must have already acquired all required lifeguard certifications and they must be current
- Must be at least 16 years of age
- Possession of a current Lifeguard Training Certification, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED and First Aid or equivalent
- Proof of completion of at least the 8th grade (i.e., student ID, report card, etc.)
- Copies of your current American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Certification, which includes CPR for the Professional Rescuer, AED and First Aid or equivalent
- Knowledge of approved water rescue methods and specific first aid techniques
- Ability to learn rules and regulations relating to pool activities rapidly and to exercise tact, firmness and good judgment in enforcing such rules and regulations
- Ability to prevent dangerous situations from arising, to recognize emergencies and to take effective action
- Skill in swimming, lifesaving and first aid
- Physical strength and agility necessary to perform lifesaving rescue
The description of benefits for which, an employee may be eligible have been generally summarized in this information sheet for your convenience; however, you must refer to all applicable City ordinances, collective bargaining agreements and/or plan documents for specific terms and conditions. These benefits may be affected by future changes in policy, collective bargaining, City ordinances and/or legislative actions. The City reserves the right to increase, modify, decreaseor eliminate benefits at any time. No benefit is created or maintained simply based on this document, and its contents do not give rise to any contractual rights related to continuing employment or receipt of benefits between the City of Sunrise and its employees. The information contained herein supersedes any prior benefit sheet(s).
The City of Sunrise is an economic powerhouse in western Broward County encompassing more than 18 square miles. As the host of Sawgrass International Corporate Park – the largest business park in South Florida – Sunrise has its own flourishing job market and currently employs approximately 1,100 employees and numbers continue to rise.The City takes a very active role in business development, recruitment and prides itself on creating job opportunities for its residents. There are very few communities of similar size that welcome the tens of millions of visitors that we do here in Sunrise, or that can boast the magnitude of regional assets found in our City.
Our City shines and we understand in order to shine brighter; we must continue to recognize our employees as one of our most valuable assets. The City of Sunrise takes great pride in recruiting future employees and developing and retaining current ones by offering our comprehensive compensation and benefits package throughout an employee’s career.
Paid Time Off
1) PTO = Paid Time Off
o At the department’s discretion and approval, regular part-time employees may use PTO.
o PTO may be used for sick or vacation time-off requests.
2) Employee must work a full fiscal quarter before they are eligible for any PTO:
Fiscal Year Quarters Applicable Months
1st Quarter January - March
2nd Quarter April - June
3rd Quarter July – September
4th Quarter October – December
3) PTO earned per fiscal quarter will be earned in accordance with the following accrual table:
Bi-Weekly Average Hours Worked PTO Earned
8 to 13.99 2 hours
14.00 to 26.99 4 hours
27.00 to 39.99 6 hours
40.00 + 8 hours
*Maximum PTO that may be earned in a fiscal quarter is 8 hours (Total of 32 max hours per year)
4) PTO earned will be calculated and posted to employee’s leave accruals on the month following the end of the fiscal quarter.
o Calculation will be based on check dates within a fiscal quarter.
5) Employees may use PTO in four (4) hour increments only.
6) PTO must be requested the business day before requested time off.
7) Employees must use PTO earned in a fiscal year by the end of the following fiscal year or accrued time will be forfeited.
8) There will be no payouts upon separation of service and no cash outs of accumulated time.
9) Any PTO used within a fiscal quarter will not count as time worked for future calculations of any benefit.
10) PTO balances will not transfer with the employee if they go to full-time status.
o Employees that transfer to full-time status are treated as new hires.
o Regular part-time employees will have the ability to request time off in Kronos.
o Regular part-time employees in the Police or Fire Rescue departments will have the ability to request time off in Telestaff.
11) A new PTO code has been set-up in Tyler Munis for payroll processing.
12) Seasonal staff and interns are not eligible to receive PTO.
HOLIDAYS
1) Part-time employees are eligible to earn 4 hours of holiday pay for each official City-observed holiday.
o Currently ten (10) City holidays (4) hours of paid Holidays for a total of 40 hours per year).
o Employees receive four (4) hours of Holiday pay regardless of how many hours they work.
o No look-back period would be applicable.
2) If employee works on a City holiday, the employee will get paid for the actual hours worked plus receive four (4) hours of holiday pay.
3) If an employee is scheduled to work on a City holiday and calls out or fails to show up for work, the employee will not be eligible to receive holiday pay.
4) Holiday pay does not count as time worked.
5) A new PTO code has been set-up in Tyler Munis for payroll processing.
6) Seasonal staff and interns are not eligible to receive holiday pay.